Elie is a survivor of the Holocaust. Elie wrote the novel Night because he wanted the people to know
the truth about what went on during the Holocaust. Elie wanted to leave a legacy of words, of memories, to help prevent history from repeating itself. Elie witnessed the killing of his father as a child during the Holocaust. During Elie’s lifetime he has seen babies get thrown into trenches. He wrote this novel so he would not get mad at what he went experienced. He also wrote this book to keep the record of this event because many want to deny that it happened. Elie wrote this book so that people could hear from the one who experienced this harsh and brutal event.
Assignment 2: Holocaust Web Search
Night Web Search Background Information for the Holocaust
Use the following websites for a quick overview of the following terms and people. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/
Kristallnacht was the staged pogroms that were against the Jewish Community, it is also known as the Night of the Broken Glass this isa reference to the untold numbers of broken windows of synagogues, Jewish-owned stores, community centers, and homes plundered and destroyed during the pogroms. This happened on November 9-10, 1938.
15 high ranking Nazi Party and German government officials attended the conference to discuss the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question.”
The Final Solution was to eliminate all the Jews.
The Victims
Besides the Jewish people, list seven other groups were also targets/victims of the Holocaust?
Briefly tell the fate of each group under Nazi rule.
They also targeted the Roma (Gypsies), people with disabilities, Poles, Soviet prisoners of war, Afro-Germans, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Homosexuals.
Roma (Gypsies): arbitrary internment, forced labor, and mass murder.
Disabilities: Euthanasia program was a murder program which killed mentally and physically disabled patients living in institutional settings.
Poles: murdered thousands and the men were required to perform forced labor.
Soviet prisoners: murdered
The labor camps were where many prisoners died from exhaustion, starvation, and exposure.
Extermination camps were designed for efficient mass murder.
The conditions were brutal and harsh many Jews caught diseases while in the camps.
The different types of exterminations performed were gas chambers and weaponry killing.
The Soviets liberated these camps.
Near the end of the war Hitler committed suicide.
There were 24 defendants. They represented a cross-section of German diplomatic, economic, political, and military leadership.
Table of Contents
Alex P. Night Assignments
Assignment 1: Reasons for Writing
Elie Wiesel’s Reasons for Writing Night
Elie is a survivor of the Holocaust. Elie wrote the novel Night because he wanted the people to know
the truth about what went on during the Holocaust. Elie wanted to leave a legacy of words, of memories, to help prevent history from repeating itself. Elie witnessed the killing of his father as a child during the Holocaust. During Elie’s lifetime he has seen babies get thrown into trenches. He wrote this novel so he would not get mad at what he went experienced. He also wrote this book to keep the record of this event because many want to deny that it happened. Elie wrote this book so that people could hear from the one who experienced this harsh and brutal event.
Assignment 2: Holocaust Web Search
Night Web Search Background Information for the Holocaust
Use the following websites for a quick overview of the following terms and people.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/
List three things the Nazis did to ensure that their views were shown/heard in the most persuasive manner possible.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/propaganda_in_nazi_germany.htm
Wannsee Conference
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/kristallnacht/
Who attended and what was decided at the Wannsee Conference?
What was the Final Solution?
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005477
15 high ranking Nazi Party and German government officials attended the conference to discuss the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question.”
The Final Solution was to eliminate all the Jews.
Briefly tell the fate of each group under Nazi rule.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007457
CLUE: Begin reading at “Targeted Groups”
Roma (Gypsies): arbitrary internment, forced labor, and mass murder.
Disabilities: Euthanasia program was a murder program which killed mentally and physically disabled patients living in institutional settings.
Poles: murdered thousands and the men were required to perform forced labor.
Soviet prisoners: murdered
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005144
What were the conditions?
What different types of extermination were performed?
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005145
Extermination camps were designed for efficient mass murder.
The conditions were brutal and harsh many Jews caught diseases while in the camps.
The different types of exterminations performed were gas chambers and weaponry killing.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005131
What did Hitler do near the end of the war?
How many defendants were charged during the Nuremberg Trials? What did they represent?
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007143
What did the International Military Tribunal decide was not a legitimate defense?
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007142
Near the end of the war Hitler committed suicide.
There were 24 defendants. They represented a cross-section of German diplomatic, economic, political, and military leadership.
“Following orders”
Assignment 3: Images of Night
Moishe the Beadle
Moishe the BeadleSpiritual and poor
Influencing, teaching, and caring
As quiet as a mouse as invisible as a ghost
A messenger of the dead
Advising
Through the town to the people